decorousness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for decorousness
Noun
  • Store your gardening tools, cushions, fitness equipment, toys and other items in the interior.
    Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Regardless, that doesn’t stop many doctors, fitness professionals, and physical therapists from recommending Epsom salts in the treatment of muscle pain and fatigue.
    Alice Nardiotti, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • There's another group of passengers who should never remove their shoes, said Rosalinda Oropeza Randall, an etiquette expert.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Jo Hayes is an etiquette expert, consultant, and the founder of Etiquette Expert.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • There is a time for decorum and there is a time to speak truth in a way that gets attention.
    Letters to the editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Moreover, his juvenile grandstanding behavior reflects poorly on District 10, which covers parts of Orlando and surrounding areas, a region that expects its leaders to uphold a certain standard of decorum.
    Lou Marin, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Ginny, their passive-aggressive control freak of a mother, will not admit into her home any problems, doubts or identities that violate her sense of upbeat Christian propriety.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • This version of Evangelina—the one that’s the picture of propriety —is the one that has endured until now.
    Laura Gómez, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Decorousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decorousness. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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